The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-01-06
NO.. Is.
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURES.

Some Matters of Special Interest tn the
People OF the State.
The following Acts arc among those
passed at tho last session of the Legisla.
ture and all rolato to matters of special
interest:
SUNDAY FREIGHT TRAINS,
SECTION ,476 Of the General Statutes.
IN relation to running freight trains on
Sunday, as amended at the recent session
OF the Legislature, reads as follows: cit
shall be lawful for said corporations or
persons to run on said day during the
months of April, May, June, July and
August trains laden exclusively with
vegetables and fruits and on said day in
any and every month their regular mail
trains and such construction trains as
may DO rendered necessary by extraor-
dinary emergencies other than those in
cldent to freight or passenger traffic, and
such freight trains as may be in transit
whicn can reach their destination by 6
o'clock u. m"
SEC. LIT, reading as follows, remains
nnchan8ed: cit shall be lawful for any
cralh running bya schedule made in con-
1ormlty with the provisions of this Act.
but delayed by accident or other nnavoid,
aple circumstance, to run until it reacbey
the point at which it is usual for it TO
rest on Sunday"
LIQUOR LICENSES IN DrArropr AVN
BERKELEY.
An Act to provide for the issuino of
license to sell spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors, ale, malt and wine in Berkeley
and Beaufort counties:
SECTION l. That from and after the
approval of this Act, it may be lawful
tor the county commissioners Of Berkely
and Beaufort counties to issue licenses
Tor the sale of spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors, ale, malt and wine in their re-
SPectlVo counties to such persons as may
CONFORM to the provisions of this Act.
>. SEC. z. That before issuing such
licenses the applicant thereof must bo
recommended by six respectable freno
holders OF the ncighborhOod in which
the liquor is to be sold, and enter into
Il bond in the sum of one thousand dol
lars, with three good sureties, for the
Keeping of an orderly house, and for the
due observance of all laws relating to the
retailing OF spirltuous liquors, and must
pay TO the treasurer of tho respectiys
counties, to be applied to general county
purposes, the sum of three hundred dol
htrS. All licenses to expire on tho 3Ist
ol DeccmbGr III each and every year.
foEC. 3. That all Acts and parts of
ActS inconsistent with this Act be, and
the same is hereby, repealed so far as
Berkeley and Beaufort counties are con-
cerncd, except as to the Incorporated
towns OF villages i'll which tho provisions
OF law as now existing shall romain in
force.
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "Au
Act to regulate tho admission of foreign
surety companies to do business in this
State, approved December 26, 1884. go
lar as same affects clerks and officers of
banks and banking institutions and rail
road companies:
SECTION !. That an Act entitled can
Act to regulate the admission of foreign
surety companies to do business in tGis
State, approved December 26, 1884, be,
and the same is hereby, amended by
adding thereto the following Section:
SEC. l4. Tho provisions of this Act
shall not apply to surety companies 80
inr their giving surety for clerks and
officers of banks and banking institu-
tons and railway companies is con-
ccrned.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
An Act to repeal Section ,O4O and 10
amend Section 1,0l2, Chapter Xxx, of
the General Statutes. entitled "Of the
University of South Cnrolina:';
SECTION |. That Section 1,O42. in
Chapter Xxx, Of the General Statutes-
entitled "Of the University of South
Carolina, be amended so as to read "a
follows: ''Section 1,0l2. The tuition
ices shall be forty dollars per annum,
which fees shall be deposited in the
State trcnsury and reported to the Leg
lslature annually; and the compensation
Tor room rent, use Of library and dam
ages to property shall be regulated by
the board Of trustees, but shall not be
less ten dollars per annum: Provided.
That no tuition fees shall be CHARGED
until after the expiration Of the collooi-
ato year lSSG-S7, and that all tuition
ices III the law department be subject to
the disposal of tho trustees for tho pay
mcnt OF the salary Of tho law professor
Provided, further, That the faculty of
the sad University may gr It beneficial
fy scholarships, without the PAYMENT of
any fees, to such of the competent and
deserving youths Of this State as NAV
be unable to pay the same, and the
trustees of the said University shall pre-
scribe such rules and regulations os NAV
no proper to contine the enjoyment Of
Ills privilege to those whose necessities
reqnlrc it,
SEC. 2. That Section 1,0lO of the Cen
cr"l Statutes be, and the samo is horebv.
repealed" 1'